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NEWS
The Battalion I 2.24.15
4
Applications
close
March 3 for
students
seeking
to enter
engineering
majors.
Shelby Knowles — THE BATTALION
25X25 CONTINUED
Student Engineers’ Coun
cil showed that while most
students agreed with CFY in
theory, they were frustrated
by the inability or difficulty
to get into engineering class
es. The Battalion spoke with
more than a dozen fresh
men engineering students,
and the responses largely
matched the SEC survey,
which is conducted every
semester on current engi
neering topics.
Christina Sheldon, gen
eral engineering freshman,
said CFY is a good plan, but
it was poorly implemented.
“Their idea behind it was
real good, but they imple
mented it very badly because
their plan was to come in as
general engineering and get
more info about different
engineering majors and then
decide, but they didn’t give
us any info about different
engineering majors,” Shel
don said.
Sheldon said she felt Engi
neering 111 and 112 — the
classes designed to provide a
scope of options to freshman
students —fell short because
they are filled with “busy
work” that consumes much
more time than necessary.
Despite these drawbacks,
Sheldon said the engineering
college has been receptive to
student feedback.
Valerie Taylor, senior as
sociate dean for academic af
fairs with the Dwight Look
College of Engineering, said
the change of freshmen to
general engineering allows
students to learn more about
each major before commit
ting to any particular path of
study.
“The change to having
freshmen enter as general
engineering students* allows
the students to have time
to become familiar with the
majors within the Dwight
Look College of Engineer
ing, so that they can make
an informed decisions when
applying for entry into a ma
jor,” Taylor said.
Taylor said departments
have a limit on seats within
sophomore courses but the
college anticipates sufficient
room for freshmen students
as they move into their de
gree plans. ’
“Departments have a
limit on the number of seats
available in the sophomore-
level courses,” Taylor said.
“There is, however, suf
ficient capacity across all
of the departments for the
incoming freshman as well
as some transfer students
and change-of-curriculum
students. It is recognized,
however, that some majors
within the Look College
are in greater demand than
other majors.”
Taylor said all engineer
ing classes will be capped at
100 students, and the college
will continue to develop in
frastructure and hire profes
sors to accommodate new
students.
The Spring 2015 applica
tion term for specific engi
neering departments opened
Feb. 9 and closes March 3.
JAMES CONTINUED
Through stories like this,
James said she wants to edu
cate people on the impor
tance of being aware of and
involved with issues going
on in the scientific com
munity. She said that while
something may appear com
pletely unrelated to people’s
everyday lives, it can actually
reveal amazing discoveries
and insight.
“If the public doesn’t un
derstand what scientists are
doing and scientists don’t
tell them what they’re do
ing, then it is very easy for
the public to say what you’re
doing isn’t worthwhile,”
James said.
In addition to encourag
ing awareness of the natural
sciences, James said she was
able to speak with many
A&M professors during her
time on campus, allowing
her to educate herself about
new ideas.
“There’s just so much
going on here,” James said.
“Academically you’ve got
undergraduates, graduates,
researchers, books. The
most recent person I talked
to was talking about this ob
servatory in Antarctica. The
whole concept of clear dark
skies for six full months — to
me that’s amazing.”
Overall, James said the
important takeaway from
“Science Unshackled” is
that it’s impossible to know
where curiosity and creativ
ity are going to lead you,
and not just in the field of
science.
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